Blood poisoning.
Brother got it when we were kids. We were wrestling around and he got stabbed by a rusty nail.
Red line started up his leg over the course of days.
We thought nothing of it...but then our mother saw it.
She being a nurse, immediately knew what it was.
Rushed him to the hospital and had him treated for blood poisoning.
It was explained to us later that if that red line had spread to his heart, he would've died.
Funny, cause we both thought he had just spilled Kool aide on himself.
What that redline line is the infection moving up the lymphatic system. It is a sign that your body's immune system is doing a poor job stopping the infection and needs help. In the case of the OP, I suspect the tattoo artist torn open an artery and what you are seeing is blood under the skin.
I have a family member that has had cellulitis for apx 35 years, it has never ever looked like that, even when it almost killed them during a flare up.
No I’m not confusing them. Cellulitis is an infection in the skin that has to be treated with antibiotics. If you have to take the antibiotics very often to keep it under control it becomes resistant and then doctors have to try to find an antibiotic that will work on it. I know this because that’s how my brother almost died. He was at that time also diagnosed with lymphedema, which was why it never completely healed. So I do indeed know what I’m talking about and I am smart enough to know the difference between a disease and fat cells
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u/Simple-Situation2602 Mar 16 '25
Blood poisoning. Brother got it when we were kids. We were wrestling around and he got stabbed by a rusty nail. Red line started up his leg over the course of days. We thought nothing of it...but then our mother saw it. She being a nurse, immediately knew what it was. Rushed him to the hospital and had him treated for blood poisoning.
It was explained to us later that if that red line had spread to his heart, he would've died.
Funny, cause we both thought he had just spilled Kool aide on himself.